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0 pointsepistasis1mo ago0 comments

It has a lot to do with both! HN is largely interested in startup economies, so I focussed on that in my comment.

I would contend that a startup economy can not exist without decent democracy. It's not an either/or as you frame it.

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I disagree: TikTok, Alibaba, Deepseek, WeChat...

Interesting, I had not considered these the products of a startup economy, but then I haven't investigated their origin deeply, and now will. Thanks!

There are many more: Baidu, Didi, Huawei, Xiaomi, BYD...

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0 pointsepistasis1mo ago0 comments

It has a lot to do with both! HN is largely interested in startup economies, so I focussed on that in my comment.

I would contend that a startup economy can not exist without decent democracy. It's not an either/or as you frame it.

I disagree: TikTok, Alibaba, Deepseek, WeChat...

Interesting, I had not considered these the products of a startup economy, but then I haven't investigated their origin deeply, and now will. Thanks!

There are many more: Baidu, Didi, Huawei, Xiaomi, BYD...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse